Bulgarian prime minister brushes aside death threats


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 Feb 2016

Bulgaria's newly-elected Prime Minister Boiko Borisov speaks during a session of the parliament in Sofia November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has received a letter with death threats, but said he was not worried and suggested the threats were result of his fight against corruption and smuggling.

The anonymous letter that was sent to the government office, and contained Borisov's picture, a bullet and threatening messages, media reported on Monday.

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